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The passenger window rolled down, and my sister beckoned to me. "Get in! There"s a mob out to get you. And Mom."
I climbed into the car, and she rolled up the window, then made a quick three-point turn to head out of town.
"Thank you," I said. "How did you know?"
She slid me a glance. "I have connections in the press. They warned me."
"Hazel."
"I can neither confirm nor deny." But she winked.
"It makes sense. Your girlfriend is the town gossip, so the field reporter seems a logical connection. That"s how Hazel gets a lot of her scoops, isn"t it?"
She sighed. "You"re not the one who needs to be asking questions right now, big brother. What in Uncle Augie"s petrified stones did you cause down there?"
I plopped my head back against the headrest. "Things were going well until Si
